it hopes to attach as an amendment to the defense authorization bill which congress could vote on before it adjourns for the holidays. now, in an interview with "time" magazine iran's foreign minister warned if lawmakers passed any new sanctions, then the entire deal is dead. we do not like to negotiate under duress. if congress adopts sanctions it shows lack of seriousness and lack of a desire to achieve resolution on the part of the united states. of course you could argue the fact they came to the table was dealing in duress on economic sanctions. but we'll leave the aside. advocates argue what menendez and kirk are pushing does not qualify as new sanctions bouz they would be imposed only if iran failed to meet its obligations on the interim deal or the parties fail to hammer out a deal in the next six months. but they are saying they could use the sanctions bill as an excuse to abandon talks more immediately. there is a split between the hard-liners and so-called moderates in iran. on saturday, in remarks which were carried lye in israel, the president surprised some by being anythin